Pseudorevolution

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A political event resembling, but not actually, a revolution. countable, uncountable

    "Never mind if it takes three weeks to ship oil to China and three days to the United States: Chávez wants to parlay his petrorevenue and pseudorevolution into a global anti-American role."

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"Never mind if it takes three weeks to ship oil to China and three days to the United States: Chávez wants to parlay his petrorevenue and pseudorevolution into a global anti-American role."

Etymology

From pseudo- + revolution.

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